Dead Man's Ransom Bbc Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation. Starring Philip Madoc & Susannah York

Ellis Peters

ISBN 10: 0563388625 ISBN 13: 9780563388623

Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd, 1995

Synopsis

A Radio 4 dramatization of a Brother Cadfael mystery. It is 1141, and civil war continues to rage. An agreed exchange of prisoners - the Sheriff of Shropshire for a young Welsh lordling - is foiled when one of them dies. To Cadfael falls the task of gathering clues to prove that it was murder.

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About the Author

Ellis Peters is the nom de plume used by author Edith Pargeter to write her bestselling 'Brother Cadfael' historical mysteries. Inspired by her interest in Shropshire history, she penned the first novel, A Morbid Taste for Bones, in 1977. This was followed by seventeen more novels and one book of short stories starring the crusader turned monk with a talent for detection. In 1993, she was awarded the Crime Writers' Association Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement, and in 1999 the CWA established the Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award (for the best historical crime novel of the year) in her honour. She was awarded an OBE in 1994 for services to literature. Ellis Peters died in 1995, aged 82.

From AudioFile

The cognoscenti know that Brother Cadfael, the Benedictine monk, practices medicine and solves crimes in medieval Britain. When a wounded Welsh POW is brought to him for treatment, he turns out to be a nobleman's son who can be exchanged for a captive of the Welsh. But before a swap can be finalized, murder foils the plans, and Cadfael must ferret out the guilty party. Philip Madoc, a mild and robust Cadfael, performs with an admirable cast in a typically workmanlike BBC Radio production. Y.R. © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Edition details

• Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0563388625
• ISBN 13: 9780563388623
• Binding: Audio Cassette